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APPLAUSE

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University Challenge.

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Asking the questions, Jeremy Paxman.

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Hello. Again tonight we're bringing out the metaphorical thumbscrews

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in an attempt to extract information from the student mind.

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Whichever team squeals the most knowingly

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will play again in the second round.

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Now, from humble beginnings on the site of a disused mental asylum,

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the University of Liverpool was established as a university college

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in 1881, with its first students being accepted the following year.

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Its Victoria building, designed by Alfred Waterhouse,

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gave rise to the term "red-brick university"

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being applied to Liverpool and to several other urban universities

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founded around the same time.

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Alumni include the essayist Lytton Strachey,

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the literary critic Frank Kermode,

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and the architect Sir James Stirling.

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More recent graduates include the actress Anna Maxwell Martin

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and the Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw.

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Representing around 21,000 students, with an average age of 21,

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let's meet the Liverpool team.

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Hi. I'm Ben Mawdsley, I'm from Southport,

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and I'm studying astrophysics.

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Hi. My names Jim Davis, I'm from Gullane near Edinburgh,

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-and I'm studying tropical disease biology.

-And their captain.

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Hi. I'm Dachman Crew, I'm originally from Liverpool,

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and I'm studying for a BSc in biochemistry.

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Hi. I'm Hugh Hiscock, I'm from Southampton,

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and I'm studying for an MA in French.

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APPLAUSE

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From the other side of the Pennines,

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the team from the University of Sheffield represent an institution

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which emerged out of the amalgamation in the 19th century

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of a medical school, a technical school and the Firth College.

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In 1897 they formed the University College of Sheffield,

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which in 1905 became a university in its own right.

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Alumni include the author Hilary Mantel,

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the comedian Eddie Izzard,

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and the politician David Blunkett.

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Tonight's team all study in the same department,

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which might be something of a disadvantage,

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or indeed quite the opposite, but it does mean they know each other.

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Or they knew each other before the team was even selected.

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Mr Cunliffe was best man at Mr Aspray's wedding.

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With an average age of 21, representing around 27,000 students,

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let's meet the Sheffield team.

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Hi. My name's Andrew Trueman,

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I'm originally from Hartlepool in County Durham,

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and I'm studying medicine.

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Hi, my name's Nathaniel Aspray, I'm from Basingstoke in Hampshire

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-and I'm also studying medicine.

-And this is their captain.

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Hi, I'm Jonathan Cunliffe, I'm from Solihull,

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and I'm also studying medicine.

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Hello, I'm Claire Greenwood, I'm from Bedford

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and I'm also studying medicine.

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APPLAUSE

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You must all know the rules, so let's get on with it.

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Fingers on buzzers, here's your first starter for ten.

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Which daily financial and business newspaper

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was first published on July 8, 1889,

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having been founded by the American journalist Charles H Dow

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of Dow Jones & Co?

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Liverpool, Hiscock.

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The Wall Street Journal.

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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So the first set of bonuses, Liverpool, are on museum ships.

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Now preserved as a museum ship at a seaport south of Tokyo,

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having been built at Barrow-in-Furness,

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the Mikasa was Admiral Togo's flagship during which conflict?

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THEY CONFER

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I have no idea.

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World War II?

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No, it was the Russo-Japanese war.

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Secondly, a survivor of the Russo-Japanese war

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noted for its role in the October Revolution,

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the cruiser Aurora is a museum ship in which major city?

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St Petersburg?

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Correct. The site of the Japanese surrender in 1945,

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USS Missouri is a museum ship

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at which historically significant naval base?

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Pearl Harbor?

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Pearl Harbor?

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Correct! Ten points for this starter question.

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In physics, what property of a wave

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is given by wavelength divided by propagation speed?

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The same term also has a precise use in geochronology,

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specifying an interval intermediate in scale

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between an era and an epoch.

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Liverpool, Mawdsley.

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Frequency?

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Anyone like to buzz from Sheffield?

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Sheffield, Trueman.

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Amplitude?

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No, it's a period. Ten points for this.

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Which given name links a woman

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who was beheaded on Rome's Ponte Sant'Angelo in 1599

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for the murder of her abusive father Francesco Cenci,

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the fifth daughter of Queen Victoria,

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the muse of the medieval poet Dante, and the cousin of Hero

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in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing?

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Sheffield, Aspray.

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Beatrice.

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Correct!

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APPLAUSE

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Right, you're off the mark,

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and your bonuses are on historical figures born in Somerset.

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In each case, name the person from the description.

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Firstly, born Somerset 1773,

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a scientist noted for his wave theory of light

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and his contributions to the deciphering of the Rosetta Stone.

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He gives his name to a modulus on elasticity

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first defined in 1807.

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Young?

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Thomas Young is right, yes. Born in Somerset in 1838,

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an actor noted for his Shakespearean roles

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and for his theatrical partnership with Ellen Terry.

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In 1895 he became the first actor to gain a knighthood.

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Christopher Hooper.

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Christopher Hooper?

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Interesting.

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No, it was Sir Henry Irving.

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Born in Somerset in 1881,

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a founder of the Transport and General Workers Union,

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later a member of Churchill's War Cabinet,

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he became Foreign Secretary in 1945.

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Clement Attlee?

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No, it was Ernest Bevin. Ten points for this.

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Life's Little Ironies and A Group Of Noble Dames

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are collections of short stories by which literary figure,

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whose first published novel, Desperate Remedies,

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appeared in 1871?

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His second, Under The Greenwood Tree,

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appeared the following year.

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Sheffield, Greenwood.

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James Joyce.

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No. Anyone like to have a go from Liverpool?

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Liverpool, Hiscock.

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Thomas Hardy.

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Liverpool, these bonuses are on church architecture.

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In a work of 1817, what enduring two-word term

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did Thomas Rickman coin to indicate the architectural period

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between Norman and Decorated?

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It began in the late 12th century.

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High Gothic?

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No, it's Early English.

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Secondly, built between 1220 and 1258,

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which cathedral in Southern England is almost entirely

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in the Early English style?

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It's also noted for its unusually tall spire,

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completed around 50 years later.

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Salisbury.

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Correct. Derived from the name of a weapon,

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what six-letter term denotes the narrow, acutely pointed windows

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characteristic of the Early English style?

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-I don't know.

-Is it dagger, maybe?

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Might be a good guess.

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Dagger?

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No, they're lancet windows.

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Right, we're going to take a picture round now.

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for your picture starter you'll see a diagram showing the final rounds

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of the Wimbledon Men's Singles competition in a particular year.

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Ten points if you can tell me the year.

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-Anyone like to buzz?

-Sheffield, Cunliffe.

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2009?

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Anyone like to buzz from Liverpool?

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Liverpool, Hiscock.

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2008?

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Your bonuses are three more Wimbledon singles competitions.

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In each case, I want you to tell me

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the year in which the tournament played out as shown.

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This time you can have a year either way.

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Firstly, for five.

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Er, '77.

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No, that was 1980. Secondly...

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Billie Jean King...

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'66.

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No, it was 1970. And finally...

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2001.

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Correct!

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Right, ten points for this. Fingers on the buzzers.

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Listen carefully, answer as soon as your name is called.

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What is the total number of carbon atoms

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in a molecule of benzene, a molecule of methane,

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and a molecule of ethanol?

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Liverpool, Davis.

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Eight?

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Sheffield?

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Sheffield, Trueman.

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-Nine?

-Nine is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on notable Test innings at Headingley.

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Which Australian scored triple centuries against England

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in the Headingley Tests in 1930 and '34?

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I know nothing about cricket.

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-You a big cricketer?

-No.

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I think we'll have to pass.

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That was Don Bradman.

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Secondly, in a remarkable comeback in 1981,

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which all-rounder scored 149 not out in the second innings

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as England beat Australia after following on?

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Ian Botham?

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Correct! And finally, in the Headingley Test of 1991,

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which England captain scored 154 not out

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as England gained their first home victory against the West Indies

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for more than 20 years?

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'90s.

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Michael Vaughan?

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No, it was Graham Gooch.

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Right. Ten points for this. In the United States,

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the attempted annexation of the Dominican Republic,

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the scandal known as the Whiskey Ring

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and the first suppression of the Ku Klux Klan

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were events during the presidency of which former military commander...

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Liverpool, Davis.

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Ulysses S Grant?

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on Western Europe, Liverpool.

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Which Western European country is closest in area

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to Yemen, Thailand, Turkmenistan and Cameroon?

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That is, a little more than twice the size of the UK.

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Er, Spain?

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Correct! Which Western European country

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is closest in area to South Korea, Hungary, Jordan and Serbia?

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That is a little larger than Scotland.

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Portugal?

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Correct. Which Western European country is closest in area

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to Samoa, Mauritius and the Comoros?

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That is around the size of Cheshire or Dorset.

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Er, Luxembourg?

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Correct, well done!

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APPLAUSE

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Right. Another starter question.

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Once used as a synonym for the world "logic",

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which term refers more specifically in Hegelian philosophy

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to the synthesis of conflicting ideas through reasoned argument?

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Liverpool, Hiscock.

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Dialectic.

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on native British reptiles, Liverpool.

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In each case, give the two-word common name

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from the binomial and description. Firstly, Anguis fragilis,

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a greyish-brown snake-like reptile with a shiny appearance.

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Unlike snakes, it has eyelids,

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and can drop its tail to escape from a predator.

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I'd say slowworm.

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Er, slowworm.

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Correct. Secondly, Lacerta agilis,

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a short, bulky lizard whose UK habitats

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are restricted to heathlands and dunes

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such as Hesketh golf links in Manchester?

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Er, natterjack toad?

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No, it's the sand lizard.

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And finally, natrix natrix,

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a non-venomous snake usually found near water.

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Grey-green in colour, it has a distinctive yellow and black collar.

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I only know venomous snakes.

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Just think of...

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Er, grass snake.

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Correct! Ten points for this.

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Babesiosis and Lyme Disease are among the zoonotic diseases

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transmitted to humans by which arachnids, members...

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Liverpool, Davis.

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Er, ticks.

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Ticks is correct, yes.

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Right, these bonuses are on holograms, Liverpool.

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Examples appearing on the cover of National Geographic magazine

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and on credit cards, what term denotes holograms

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made by a double holographic process

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that can be viewed in white light?

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-Any idea?

-Volumetric image?

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Try that.

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Er, volumetric image.

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No. They're rainbow holograms, or Benton holograms.

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Secondly, which Russian physicist gives his name

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to reflection holograms created

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using Lippmann's photographic process?

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They can be viewed in colour

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if more than one coherent light source is available.

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Do you know any Russian physicists?

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Er...

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Vladimir Putin.

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He's a very talented man, isn't he? No, it's Denisyuk holograms.

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In holography, the size of the viewed image scales

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with what property of the viewing light?

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-Frequency?

-Wavelength?

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Er, wavelength.

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Correct. We're going to take a music round. For your music starter,

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you'll hear a piece of classical music.

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Ten points if you can name the composer and the specific piece.

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CHORAL SINGING

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Liverpool, Hiscock.

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Beethoven, Ninth Symphony.

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Correct, yes, the Ode To Joy.

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APPLAUSE

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Right. You will recall that that was used as incidental music

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throughout the first Die Hard film.

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For your bonuses, three more pieces of classical music

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that have featured on the soundtrack in the Die Hard series.

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I want the composer in each case. Firstly, the composer of this piece,

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also used in the first Die Hard film.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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That's Mozart, isn't it?

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Might be Mozart.

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It's very nice, whatever it is.

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Mozart?

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No, that's Bach. It's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3.

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Secondly, this composer, please.

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The piece was used in Die Hard With A Vengeance.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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THEY CONFER

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Shostakovich?

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No, that's Brahms's First Symphony.

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And finally, the composer of this piece,

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used in Die Hard 2.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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THEY CONFER

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Er, nominate Davis.

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Prokofiev?

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No, it's Sibelius's Finlandia. Ten points for this.

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In medicine, what adjective describes treatment

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applied locally to the afflicted area?

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Sheffield, Trueman.

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-Topical.

-Correct.

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APPLAUSE

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Wouldn't want to be treated by you if you didn't recognise that!

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Right. Bonuses this time are on colours used in HTML web pages.

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Firstly, which shade of brown in HTML

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shares its name with a South American country

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where Paul Gauguin spent his early years?

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-Do you know?

-No idea.

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Brazil?

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No, it's Peru.

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The name of which shade of pale grey in HTML

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is an abbreviated version of the surname

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of an English painter born in 1727?

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Painter?

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Constable?

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No, it's Gainsborough.

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Which shade of brown in HTML

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comes from the name of a Tuscan city associated with the artist Duccio?

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Sienna? Sienna.

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Sienna?

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Correct! Right, ten points for this starter question.

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In Spanish often added to the names of political figures,

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what four-letter suffix

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generally has derogatory force in English,

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having been appended to words such as fashion, Blair,

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and the newspaper The Guardian?

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Liverpool, Hiscock.

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Ista.

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Ista is right, yes, I-S-T-A.

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on philosophy, Liverpool.

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An object whose constituent parts have been gradually replaced

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so that it is no longer materially the same as the original

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represents a paradox often known as

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the ship of which legendary king of Athens?

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Timon?

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No, it's Theseus.

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Secondly, for five points,

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the Ship of Theseus is also known as the sock

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of which philosopher of the English Enlightenment,

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noted for his contributions to epistemology and political thought?

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Locke.

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-Locke. Because sock.

-Oh, yeah!

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Er, Locke.

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That's correct, it was John Locke.

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In recent years, the same paradox has become known

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by what two-word term after the cleaning implement

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of a character in the comedy series Only Fools And Horses?

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It's Trigger's...broom, isn't it?

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Trigger's broom?

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Correct! right, we're going to take another picture round now.

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For your picture starter you're going to see a photograph

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showing an actor in the role of a musician.

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Ten points if you can name both the actor and the musician.

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Sheffield, Aspray.

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Johnny Cash, Joachim Phoenix.

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Correct, yes. Joachim Phoenix

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was the man who played Johnny Cash, of course.

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After Joachim Phoenix as Johnny Cash,

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that was in the 2005 film Walk The Line,

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picture bonuses - three more actors playing musicians in films.

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Again, in each case, I want you to identify both the actor

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and the musician. Firstly for five...

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Someone playing Mick Jagger.

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Do you know who the actor is?

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Er, Mick Jagger and...

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No, it's not, it's Jim Morrison being played by Val Kilmer.

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Secondly...

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Elvis Costello?

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I don't know who the... Or is it Buddy Holly?

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Played by someone?

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-Just go.

-I don't know who the actor is.

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-Go...Buddy Holly...

-Come on!

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Nominate Aspray.

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Er, Buddy Holly...

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No, it's John Lennon being played by Aaron Johnson.

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And finally...

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I think it's Edith Piaf.

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I don't know who the actress is.

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Anyone recognise the actress?

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Don't know.

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-Not sure.

-It was Edith Piaf,

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and she was being played by Marion Cotillard.

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So...you didn't get any of those. Right, ten points for this.

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Which river of southeast Asia serves as a large part of the border

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between Thailand and Laos and forms a delta in southern Vietnam,

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where it empties into the South China Sea?

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Sheffield, Greenwood.

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Mekong.

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Correct!

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APPLAUSE

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These bonuses are on oceanography, Sheffield.

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Extensive, permanent ocean currents

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characterised by their circular surface rotation

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are known by what short name,

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from the Greek for "circle" or "ring"?

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-Rotunda?

-I think that's Latin.

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Is it going to be, like, whirlpools or something?

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Let's have it, please.

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Rotunda.

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No, they're gyres.

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Which state gives its name to the current of the North Pacific gyre

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that flows southwards from British Columbia

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down the western coast of North America?

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California.

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Correct. Born in 1769, which German scientist

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gives his name to the current that cools

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the west coast of South America as far as the Equator?

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-Kepler?

-No, it's Humboldt.

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Ten points for this starter question.

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What five words begin the 23rd Psalm?

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A metrical version is often sung to the tune Crimond

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and portrays the deity in a pastoral role.

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Sheffield, Aspray.

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The Lord is my shepherd.

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Correct.

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APPLAUSE

0:23:020:23:04

Your bonuses, Sheffield, are on the languages of Afghanistan.

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One of the country's two official languages,

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what word of four letters denotes the variety of Persian or Farsi

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used in Afghanistan?

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Kurd?

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No, it's Dari.

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Widely spoken in northwest Pakistan, which eastern Iranian language

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is the second official language of Afghanistan?

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Nominate Greenwood.

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-Pashto.

-Pashto is correct.

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And finally, the official language of a neighbouring country,

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which Turkic language is the mother tongue

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of an estimated 9% of Afghans?

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Kurdish?

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Kurdish?

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No, it's Uzbek.

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Ten points for this. What given name links the authors of

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The City Of Stars, The World As Will And Representation,

0:23:560:23:59

The Second Mrs Tanquerey and Death Of A Salesman?

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Liverpool, Hiscock.

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Er, Martin?

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-No.

-Sheffield, Greenwood.

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Arthur.

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Arthur is correct, yes.

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APPLAUSE

0:24:110:24:13

These bonuses are on distance scales in the solar system.

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One megametre is approximately the diameter of which celestial body,

0:24:170:24:21

due to be visited by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015?

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-Celestial body?

-Mars?

0:24:300:24:32

No, they've already sent the Mars Rover.

0:24:320:24:34

Nominate Aspray.

0:24:360:24:38

Eagle Nebula?

0:24:380:24:40

No, it's Ceres. You'd better hurry up, cos we're in the dying minutes.

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Earth is approximately eight light-minutes from the sun.

0:24:430:24:46

What is one light-minute measured in gigametres,

0:24:460:24:49

to the nearest whole number?

0:24:490:24:50

Four.

0:24:530:24:55

No, it's 18.

0:24:550:24:56

If you were in the plane of the ecliptic

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at a distance of one terametre from the sun,

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you would be between the orbits of which two planets?

0:25:000:25:04

Saturn and Jupiter?

0:25:090:25:11

Correct! Less than three minutes to go,

0:25:110:25:12

and another starter question. Answer promptly.

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Which fundamental force of nature

0:25:150:25:16

is not included within the standard model of particle physics?

0:25:160:25:20

Sheffield, Trueman.

0:25:200:25:21

Gravity.

0:25:210:25:22

Correct. You get a set of bonuses this time

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on Time Magazine's Person Of The Year.

0:25:240:25:27

In 1935, the year his country was invaded by Italy,

0:25:270:25:30

which head of state became the third non-American

0:25:300:25:33

and the first African to be named Time Magazine's Person of the Year?

0:25:330:25:36

Haile Selassie.

0:25:360:25:38

Correct. Which Asian head of state and his wife were Couple Of The Year

0:25:380:25:41

for 1937, the year their country was invaded by Japan?

0:25:410:25:44

Er...China?

0:25:510:25:53

Yes, but I wanted the name - it was Chiang Kai-Shek.

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Named Person Of The Year for 1951,

0:25:560:25:58

Mohammed Mosaddegh was later overthrown by a coup

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backed by MI6 and the CIA.

0:26:000:26:02

Of which country was he prime minister?

0:26:020:26:05

Iran.

0:26:100:26:11

It was Iran, yes.

0:26:110:26:13

Ten points for this. For what do the initials stand

0:26:130:26:16

in the acronym SETI - that's S-E-T...

0:26:160:26:18

Liverpool, Davis.

0:26:180:26:19

Er, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

0:26:190:26:22

Correct.

0:26:220:26:24

APPLAUSE

0:26:240:26:26

Right, these bonuses, Liverpool, are on the actor Albert Finney.

0:26:260:26:29

Finney played the title role in which 1963 film

0:26:290:26:32

based on a novel by Henry Fielding?

0:26:320:26:34

-Let's have it, come on.

-Er, I...

0:26:370:26:39

Pass.

0:26:390:26:41

It's Tom Jones. Based on a novel by Malcolm Lowry,

0:26:410:26:43

in which 1984 film did Finney play

0:26:430:26:46

the alcoholic consul Geoffrey Firmin?

0:26:460:26:48

Under The Volcano.

0:26:500:26:51

Under The Volcano?

0:26:510:26:53

Correct. Which historical figure did Finney play

0:26:530:26:55

in the 2002 film The Gathering Storm?

0:26:550:26:57

Chamberlain?

0:27:000:27:02

Chamberlain.

0:27:020:27:03

No, it was Winston Churchill. Ten points for this.

0:27:030:27:06

Words meaning "elephant" in Chinese,

0:27:060:27:08

"fool" in French and "runner" in German

0:27:080:27:11

all denote which chess piece?

0:27:110:27:13

Liverpool, Crew.

0:27:130:27:15

-Knight.

-Sheffield?

0:27:150:27:18

One of you buzz?

0:27:180:27:20

Sheffield, Aspray.

0:27:200:27:21

Pawn?

0:27:210:27:22

No, it's the bishop. Ten points for this.

0:27:220:27:24

Listen carefully. The binomial of an organism

0:27:240:27:26

consists of two parts.

0:27:260:27:28

The second part states the species.

0:27:280:27:30

What does the first part state?

0:27:300:27:31

Sheffield, Cunliffe.

0:27:310:27:33

Genus.

0:27:330:27:34

Correct. You get a set of bonuses this time on human memory.

0:27:340:27:38

Also called a memory trace, what six-letter term

0:27:380:27:40

denotes a hypothetical alteration of neural tissue for memory storage?

0:27:400:27:44

Pass.

0:27:490:27:50

It's engram.

0:27:500:27:51

GONG

0:27:510:27:53

And at the gong, Sheffield University have 130,

0:27:530:27:55

Liverpool University have 155.

0:27:550:27:57

Well, Sheffield, if only you had got off a little more quickly,

0:27:570:28:02

who knows, you might have won that!

0:28:020:28:04

But you know, you may come back as a high-scoring loser,

0:28:040:28:07

we'll have to wait and see.

0:28:070:28:08

But thank you very much for playing.

0:28:080:28:10

And, er, congratulations, Liverpool.

0:28:100:28:12

155 is not the highest winning score we've had in this contest so far,

0:28:120:28:16

but it's a good enough one to get you through to the next round.

0:28:160:28:18

Congratulations to you.

0:28:180:28:20

I hope you can join us next time for another first-round match,

0:28:200:28:23

-but until then it's goodbye from Sheffield University...

-Goodbye.

0:28:230:28:26

-It's goodbye from Liverpool University...

-Goodbye.

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And it's goodbye from me. Goodbye.

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APPLAUSE

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